The Iranian Judiciary should immediately halt its new wave of repression of the media and civil society and stop its numerous rushed executions, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. In the past three days alone, the Judiciary has banned the reformist daily Bahar, sentenced the prominent actress Pegah Ahangarani to […]
Tag: Repression
Presidential Candidate Brags About His Direct Role in Violence and Repression
The Campaign has obtained a secretly recorded two-hour audio file of Qalibaf in which he details his prominent and direct role in repressing and carrying out violence against student protesters in July 1999, July 2003, and in the 2009 post-election protests. Qalibaf, Mayor of Tehran, Should be Added to Human Rights Violators List (May […]
Gonabadi Dervishes: “Stop Repression Of Us”
As the trial date of Ten Gonabadi Dervishes and their lawyers in the cities of Shiraz and Tehran was announced, number of Gonabadi dervishes have written an open letter to the Human Rights Defender International to protest against Government’s treatments.
OMCT: Repression of human rights defenders goes on uninterrupted in Iran
Paris-Geneva, September 11, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), was informed of four new cases of arbitrary detention against human rights defenders in Iran. Several rights activists and journalists have been […]
Iran’s Ramadan repression intensifies on eve of Eid
Iranian security forces have put down peaceful demonstrations and intensified their wave of arrests of Ahwazi Arabs ahead of Eid ul-Fitr, the Islamic celebration that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
U.N. rights experts decry “mounting repression” in Iran
Reuters – Iran is cracking down on activists and their lawyers, meting out harsh sentences in an effort to quash pro-democracy activities, United Nations human rights experts said on Friday.
Iran: New report finds surge in repression of dissent
Amnesty International – Iran’s crackdown on freedom of expression has dramatically escalated in the run up to this week’s parliamentary elections, Amnesty International said today.
Commentary: Broadcasting Tehran’s Repression
By Shirin Ebadi and Hadi Ghaemi(9 December 2011) It may not come as a surprise to learn that the Iranian government invests heavily in internet filtering, mobile-communication restrictions and jamming of international satellite broadcasts to control and manipulate the Iranian people.